2014年10月20日 星期一

2014-10-21 South Africa Science

  Times LIVE   
Ebola shows Africa needs science investment: Pandor  Times LIVE
Closing arguments in mitigation and aggravation of sentence wrapped up today in the Pretoria High Court, where the athlete was convicted of culpable homicide for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last month. Pistorius did not consciously act ...

'Ebola showing African research gap'   iAfrica.com
Africa needs science investment   The New Age Online
DST widens collaborative focus   ITWeb

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UJ lecturer makes history  The New Age Online
A University of Johannesburg lecturer has become the first woman in Africa to be awarded a doctoral degree in experimental physics of highly correlated matter, the university said on Monday. Buyisiwe Sondezi was awarded a PhD for her research on ...


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Access to federal sage-grouse workshop criticized  San Antonio Express-News
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A meeting next week in Fort Collins about the greater sage-grouse has drawn fire from several western representatives who want to know why public attendance is limited while regulators focus on possible land use issues.

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R10 000 fine 'too light'  Independent Online
South Africa's largest bird conservation lobby on Sunday lashed out at the R10 000 “light sentence” imposed on a farmer who poisoned 46 threatened Cape vultures in December last year. Armand Aucamp, 34, was on Thursday fined after pleading guilty to ...


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  Business Insider   
Climate talks told to ease rifts as heat busts record  GlobalPost
Fresh UN climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with a plea for nations to overcome rifts as scientists reported record global temperatures for a month of September. In an appeal to negotiators at the six-day meeting, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres ...

Climate negotiators urged to 'build bridges'   The Daily Star
'Build bridges for Lima climate talks'   The Guardian

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Are We Miscommunicating Gender in Science?  AllAfrica.com
To better link science and society, a first step is to communicate accurately and in a gender-balanced way. Later this month, Paraguay will host the 10th Iberoamerican Congress on Science, Technology and Gender. About 200 people, including scientists and ...


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  Uncover Michigan   
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $2 Million to Ocean 5  Uncover Michigan
American actor and activist for environmental issues Leonardo DiCaprio has given a donation of $2 million to Ocean 5, a support group for ocean conservation philanthropists. According to the actor, grant will be used to help protect large areas of the Arctic ...

DiCaprio Donates $2 Million Towards Ocean Conservation   Nature World News
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $2 million to protect oceans and marine life   Tech Times
DiCaprio Foundation donates USD 2 million to combat overfishing, ocean ...   FIS
Science Times   
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  BBC News   
Sex 'emerged in ancient Scottish lake'  BBC News
An international team of researchers says a fish called Microbrachius dicki is the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by having sex. The primitive bony fish, which was about 8cm long, lived in ancient lakes about 385 million ...

Ancient fish showed us the way to have sex   Irish Examiner
Sex invented by Scottish square dancing fish   SBS
Scientists discover the awkward origins of sex   Washington Post
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  Stuff.co.nz   
Deadly spider hitches a ride in the groceries  Stuff.co.nz
A young British family has been left traumatised after they discovered the world's most lethal spider with a sac full of eggs hiding in their groceries. Tim, a father of two from South London, was preparing breakfast when he unpacked a bunch of bananas from ...

Brazilian Wandering spider delivered in Waitrose online shopping   Telegraph.co.uk
Brazilian Wandering spider found under a bunch of bananas in Waitrose home ...   The Independent
Killer spider found in family's supermarket shopping   The Guardian
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  Science News   
NASA: Stay tuned for images of comet Siding Spring from Mars  Los Angeles Times
Comet Siding Spring has flown past Mars, but the NASA satellites in orbit around the Red Planet are continuing to study the mysterious visitor from the solar system's distant Oort cloud. All three spacecraft – the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey ...

Mars spacecraft safe after fortuitous comet encounter   Spaceflight Now
Mars Orbiter Mission was closest to comet Siding Spring   Times of India
Mars orbiters safe after scary encounter with the comet   Northern Voices Online
Discovery News   
Tech Times   
Dumb-Out   
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